Ice ages and ecological transitions on temperate coasts
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Ice ages and ecological transitions on temperate coasts
Organisms face continual fluctuations in global climatic processes to which they must adapt or perish. Considering that many species are key habitat formers and energy producers, such responses to climate change can have significant population, community and even ecosystem consequences. Paleo-records of ecosystem responses to past environmental variability have proven invaluable for studying im...
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عنوان ژورنال: Trends in Ecology & Evolution
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0169-5347
DOI: 10.1016/s0169-5347(02)00006-x